VP, Commercial Finland

We at Yara are part of a global network, collaborating to profitably and responsibly solve some of the world's key challenges - resource scarcity, food insecurity and environmental change.

About Yara

For over a century, Yara has been dedicated to feeding the world and protecting the planet, with a mission to do so in a responsible and sustainable manner. Yara provides crop nutrition products, solutions, and expertise to 20 million farmers across 160 countries.

About the Role

The Vice President Commercial for Finland is responsible for setting and executing Yara’s commercial vision in the Finnish market, ensuring sustainable growth, strong market performance and long‑term value creation. The role leads the national sales, marketing and agronomy organization, driving excellence across customer engagement, channel development, and crop-focused solutions.

As a key member of the Nordics Commercial leadership team, the VP Commercial is responsible for strengthening Yara’s market position by developing high-performing teams, fostering strategic partnerships across the value chain, and ensuring alignment with regional and global strategies. The role safeguards Yara’s reputation by role-modelling the company’s values, promoting a culture of trust, inclusion, and performance, and representing Yara with customers, authorities, partners.

Responsibilities

Develop and execute Finlands commercial strategy to strengthen Yara’s market position and ensure sustainable growth across key agricultural segments
Lead, mentor, and develop local sales, marketing, and agronomy teams to achieve high performance and customer-centric operations
Lead strategic planning for sales, marketing, and agronomy to deliver volume, profitability, and market share targets
Identify market trends, customer needs, and emerging opportunities to steer long-term commercial direction
Maintain and further develop strong relationships with distributors and value chain partners
Ensure strong agronomic expertise within the organization and alignment with Yara’s global knowledge and R&D capabilities
Own the national P&L for the commercial organization, ensuring profitable growth and efficient resource allocation
Actively collaborate with regional and global teams and support functions to leverage synergies, scale, and best practices across markets
Promote a culture of collaboration, continuous improvement, diversity, equality, and inclusion across the organization
Drive adoption of digital tools, CRM systems, and data-driven decision-making across the commercial function
Ensure high standards in safety, product stewardship, and ethical business conduct

Profile

Master’s degree (preferred) or bachelor’s degree in Business, Agriculture, Agronomy, Economics, or related field
Solid commercial leadership experience within agribusiness, crop nutrition, food value chain, or related B2B industries
Proven track record in leading sales, marketing, and/or agronomy teams with P&L responsibility
Strong understanding of farming systems, crop production, and distributor networks, ideally within Nordic or European market
Experience driving go-to-market strategies, customer-oriented solutions, and multichannel commercial execution
Strategic thinker with the ability to translate long-term vision into operational execution
Inspires and empowers teams; recognized for a collaborative and inclusive leadership style
Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build trusted relationships internally and with distributors, industry bodies, and authorities
Excellent analytical capabilities paired with strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills
Resilient, adaptable, and comfortable navigating change in a dynamic market environment
Strong business acumen with proven success in driving sales growth, profitability, and market positioning

Additional Information

This position reports to SVP, Nordics

Location: Finland

Job Type: Permanent, Full Time

Contact details

Helen Coxon, Senior HR Advisor: helen.coxon@yara.com

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Last day to send your application will be 7th April 2026.

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Yara is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe that creating a diverse and inclusive work environment is not only the right thing, but also the smart thing to do. To deliver on this, Yara has firmly anchored Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) in our business strategy and has more than 400 employees worldwide involved in D&I ambassadors networks.

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